# Moreno Argentin

Moreno Argentin (born 17 December 1960) is an Italian former professional cyclist (from 1981 to 1994) and race director.
Born in San Donà di Piave (Veneto), Argentin won stages in the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia, and the Tour de Suisse. Known as Il Capo ("The Boss"), he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège four times, the La Flèche Wallonne three times, and the Tour of Flanders and Giro di Lombardia once. He became Italian national champion in 1983 and 1989, and world champion in 1986.
Argentin cofounded the Adriatica Ionica Race, first run in 2018.

## Career achievements
### Major results
#### 1977

    1st National Junior Track Championships (Team Pursuit)

#### 1978

    1st National Junior Track Championships (Team Pursuit)
    1st National Junior Road Championships, Team Time Trial

#### 1979

    1st National Amateur Track Championships (Team Pursuit)
    1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
    1st Prologue & Stage 4 Giro della Valle d'Aosta
    1st Team classification Ster van het Zuiden
    2nd Overall Flèche du Sud
    4th Trofeo Zssdi - Un. Circ. Sloveni in Italia

#### 1980

    1st National Amateur Track Championships (Team Pursuit)
    1st National Military Road Championships, Road Race
    1st Giro Valli Aretine
    1st Coppa Caduti - Puglia di Arezzo
    1st Grand Prix Agostano
    1st Stage 3 Girobio
    1st Prologue Giro della Valle d'Aosta
    6th National Amateur Road Championships, Road Race

#### 1981

    1st GP Industria e Commercio di Prato
    1st Stages 12 & 18 Giro d'Italia
    2nd Giro di Lombardia
    2nd Arma di Taggia
    2nd Rho (Lombardia)
    3rd Col San Martino

#### 1982

    1st Trofeo Matteotti
    1st GP Industria e Commercio di Prato
    1st Giro della Romagna
    1st Treviso
    1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia
    1st Stage 3 Tour de Suisse
    2nd Arma di Taggia
    2nd Granze
    2nd Roccastrada
    3rd Milan–San Remo
    3rd Napoli–Pianura
    3rd Chignolo Po Criterium

#### 1983

    1st National Road Championships, Road Race
    1st Coppa Sabatini
    1st Livorno
    1st Mussolente
    1st San Donà di Piave
    1st San Vendemiano
    1st Stages 7 & 21 Giro d'Italia
    1st Stages 2 & 3 Tirreno–Adriatico
    1st Stage 3 Giro di Sardegna
    2nd GP Montelup
    2nd Six Days of Milan
    2nd Cecina
    3rd Trofeo Matteotti
    3rd Circuito degli Assi - Nanno

#### 1984

    1st Overall Settimana Siciliana
       1st Stage 2
    1st Giro del Veneto
    1st Quarrata
    1st San Donà di Piave
    1st Stage 4 Giro di Puglia
    1st Stage 3 Ruota d'Oro
    2nd Firenze
    2nd Col San Martino
    3rd Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stages 3 & 5

#### 1985

    1st Overall Tour of Denmark
    1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    1st San Vendemiano
    1st Scordia
    1st Cronostaffetta
    1st Stage 1 Tirreno–Adriatico
    1st Prologue Tour de Romandie
    2nd La Flèche Wallonne
    2nd Coppa Bernocchi
    2nd Paris–Tours
    2nd Giro di Campania
    2nd Circuito degli Assi - Nanno
    3rd UCI Road World Championships
    5th Pernod–Super Prestige
    8th FICP Ranking
    10th Overall Settimana Siciliana

#### 1986

    1st UCI Road World Championships
    1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    1st Trofeo Francesco Civettini
    1st Curno
    2nd Overall Settimana Siciliana
       1st Stage 2
    2nd GP Industria e Commercio di Prato
    3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
    4th Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop
    7th Overall Coors Classic
       1st Stage 9
    8th FICP Ranking

#### 1987

    1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    1st Giro di Lombardia
    1st Bacoli
    1st Six Days of Bassano del Grappa
    1st San Martino di Castrozza
    1st G.P. Banca di Credito Cooperativo dell'Alta Padovana
    1st Grazer Altstadt Kriterium
    1st Stages 2, 4 & 7 Giro d'Italia
    1st Stage 3 Settimana Siciliana
    1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucía
    1st Stages 2 & 4 Tirreno–Adriatico
    1st Stage 16 Coors Classic
    2nd UCI Road World Championships
    2nd Giro dell'Emilia
    3rd Km del Corso Mestre
    3rd San Donà di Piave
    4th FICP Ranking
    6th Trofeo Baracchi
    7th Paris–Tours
    8th Pernod–Super Prestige
    10th La Flèche Wallonne

#### 1988

    1st Giro del Veneto
    1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
    1st Biban de Carbonera
    1st Stage 1 Critérium International
    2nd La Flèche Wallonne
    2nd GP Industria e Commercio di Prato
    3rd Nittedal–Oslo

#### 1989

    1st National Road Championships, Road Race
    1st Stage 5 Settimana Siciliana
    1st Stage 4 Bicicleta Vasca
    3rd Biban de Carbonera

#### 1990

    1st Tour of Flanders
    1st La Flèche Wallonne
    1st Coppa Sabatini
    1st Stage 3 Tour de France
    1st Stage 9 Tour de Suisse
    4th Milan–San Remo
    6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

#### 1991

    1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    1st La Flèche Wallonne
    1st Sanson
    1st Trittico Premondiale
    1st Stages 2 (TTT) & 15 Tour de France
    2nd San Sebastián Criterium
    6th Coppa Bernocchi
    10th Giro dell'Appennino
    10th Circuito degli Assi - Nanno

#### 1992

    1st Overall Settimana Siciliana
       1st Stages 4 & 6
    1st Stages 5, 6 & 7 Tirreno–Adriatico
    1st Warsaw
    2nd Milan–San Remo

#### 1993

    1st Stage 6 Tour Méditerranéen
    3rd Giro del Friuli
    5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    6th Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stages 1a & 13

#### 1994

    1st Overall Giro del Trentino
       1st Stage 2
    1st La Flèche Wallonne
    1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia

### Monuments results timeline

| Monument | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | 3 | 28 | 17 | 26 | — | — | — | 41 | 4 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 66 | — | 1 | 53 | — | 42 | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | 39 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 5 | 18 |
| Giro di Lombardia | 2 | — | 21 | — | 30 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |